Similes

Similes

•A comparison of two unlike things.

•“like” or “as”

I’m as hungry as a horse.

You are as busy as a beaver.

You’re as blind as a bat.

You’re as slow as molasses.

You eat like a pig.

Sleep like a baby.

You have eyes like a hawk

It is as hard as a stone. But it is not a stone.It is as smooth, like glass, but it is not glass.It is hollow inside, like a cup. But it is not a cup.It is a shell. An animal made it. The shell was the animal’s home.

As agile as a monkeyAs alike as two peas in a pod

As annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard.

As bald as a baby's backsideAs bald as a badger

As bald as a cootAs beautiful as nature

As big as a boatAs big as a bus

As big as an elephantAs black as a sweep

As black as coalAs black as one is painted

As black as pitchAs blind as a bat

As blind as a moleAs bold as brass

As brave as a lionAs bright as a button

As bright as a new pinAs bright as day

As bright as the sunAs busy as a beaver

As busy as a beeAs busy as a cat on a hot tin roof

As calm as a millpondAs clear as a bell

As clean as a hound's toothAs clean as a whistle

As clear as crystalAs clear as mudAs cold as ice

As common as dirtAs cool as a cucumber

As crazy as a loonAs cunning as a foxAs cute as a baby

As cute as a buttonAs cute as a cup cake

As damp as the salty blue oceanAs dead as a doornailAs dead as the dodo

As deaf as a postAs delicate as a flower

As dense as a brickAs different as chalk from cheese

As drunk as a lordAs dry as a bone

As dry as dustAs dull as dishwaterAs easy as A.B.C.

As easy as pieAs fast as a racecar

As fat as a hippoAs fat as a pig

As fit as a fiddleAs flat as a pancake

As free as a birdAs fresh as a daisy

As funny as a balloonAs gentle as a lamb As good as gold

As hairy as an apeAs happy as a clownAs happy as a larkAs happy as Larry

As happy as a rat with a gold toothAs hard as nailsAs hard as rockAs high as a kite

As hoarse as a crowAs hot as a fire cracker

As hot as hellAs hungry as a bearAs hungry as a wolf

As innocent as a lambAs keen as mustard

As large as lifeAs light as a feather

As light as airAs likely as not

As loud as a lionAs lowly as a wormAs mad as a hatterAs mad as a hornet

As mad as the march hareAs merry as a cricket

As modest as a maidenAs much use as a yard of pump water

As naked as a babyAs neat as a pin

As nutty as a fruitcakeAs obstinate as a mule

As old as dirtAs old as the hillsAs pale as death

As pale as a ghostAs patient as JobAs plain as day

As pleased as PunchAs poor as a church mouse

As poor as dirtAs pretty as a picture

As proud as a peacockAs pure as snow

As pure as the driven snowAs quick as a wink

As quick as lightningAs quick as silver

As quiet as a mouseAs rich as goldAs right as rain

As round as a barrelAs round as a circle

As round as a sphereAs safe as houses

As scarce as hen's teethAs sensitive as a flowerAs sharp as a needleAs sharp as a razor

As sick as a dogAs sick as a parrt

As silent as the deadAs silent as the grave

As silly as a gooseAs sleepy as a koalaAs slippery as an eelAs slow as molasses

As slow as a snailAs slow as a tortoiseAs slow as a turtle

As slow as a wet weekendAs sly as a fox

As smart as an owlAs smooth as silk

As snug as a bug in a rugAs sober as a judge

As soft as a baby's bottomAs solid as a rock

As solid as the ground we stand onAs sound as a bellAs sour as vinegarAs steady as a rock

As sticky as jamAs stiff as a boardAs still as death

As straight as an arrowAs strong as an ox

As stubborn as a muleAs sturdy as an oak

As sure as death and taxesAs sweet as honeyAs tall as a giraffeAs tight as a drumAs thick as a brickAs thin as a rake

As thin as a toothpickAs timid as a rabbit

As tiny as a grain of sandAs tough as leatherAs tough as nails

As tough as old bootsAs tricky as a box of monkeys

As welcome as a skunk at a lawn partyAs white as a ghostAs white as a sheetAs white as snow

As wise as SolomonAs wise as an owl